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   gay-feather
         n 1: any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris
               having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
               [syn: {blazing star}, {button snakeroot}, {gayfeather},
               {gay-feather}, {snakeroot}]

English Dictionary: go after by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gayfeather
n
  1. any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
    Synonym(s): blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gift horse
n
  1. a gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically; "it wasn't much, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gift wrap
n
  1. attractive wrapping paper suitable for wrapping gifts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gift wrapping
n
  1. ornamental wrapping for gifts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gift-wrap
v
  1. wrap (a gift) attractively
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give it a whirl
v
  1. try; "let's give it a whirl!" [syn: give it a whirl, give it a try]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go after
v
  1. go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
    Synonym(s): chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
  2. go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"
    Synonym(s): quest for, go after, quest after, pursue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Goa powder
n
  1. a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn: araroba, Goa powder, chrysarobin]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gift \Gift\, n. [OE. gift, yift, yeft, AS. gift, fr. gifan to
      give; akin to D. & G. gift, Icel. gift, gipt, Goth. gifts (in
      comp.). See {Give}, v. t.]
      1. Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one
            person to another without compensation; a present; an
            offering.
  
                     Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, . . . I can
                     command ?                                          --Milton.
  
      2. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the
            office is in the gift of the President.
  
      3. A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
  
                     Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes
                     of the wise.                                       --Deut. xvi.
                                                                              19.
  
      4. Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a
            pre[89]minent and special talent or aptitude; power;
            faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.
  
      5. (Law) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property,
            without any consideration. It can be perfected only by
            deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual
            delivery of possession. --Bouvier. Burrill.
  
      {Gift rope} (Naut), a rope extended to a boat for towing it;
            a guest rope.
  
      Syn: Present; donation; grant; largess; benefaction; boon;
               bounty; gratuity; endowment; talent; faculty.
  
      Usage: {Gift}, {Present}, {Donation}. These words, as here
                  compared, denote something gratuitously imparted to
                  another out of one's property. A gift is something
                  given whether by a superior or an inferior, and is
                  usually designed for the relief or benefit of him who
                  receives it. A present is ordinarly from an equal or
                  inferior, and is always intended as a compliment or
                  expression of kindness. Donation is a word of more
                  dignity, denoting, properly, a gift of considerable
                  value, and ordinarly a gift made either to some public
                  institution, or to an individual on account of his
                  services to the public; as, a donation to a hospital,
                  a charitable society, or a minister.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goa powder \Go"a pow"der\ [So called from Goa, on the Malabar
      coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.]
      A bitter powder (also called {araroba}) found in the
      interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree ({Andira
      araroba}) and used as a medicine. It is the material from
      which chrysarobin is obtained.
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